After a year’s hiatus, I have finally walked the route of the Ring around the Underground from Merton Park to Wimbledon, adding an extra 20km to the route as it tumbles down to Battersea Power Station station (at the time of writing, still a building-site mess) and back up to Wimbledon. There is a fairContinue reading “The Ring around the Underground is now NLE-ready”
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A contrary Capital Ring
To get my body working again after over a year without walking, I decided that the Capital Ring would fit the bill, since it has hundreds of possible break-points (they are called bus stops and stations). In twelve mornings over five weeks, I completed the round. It really is a capital walk, with less street-sloggingContinue reading “A contrary Capital Ring”
Back on track
Ruislip Tube station (no, not the Betjeman one, that was Ruislip Gardens, “Four-square upon the Central Line”, as Muir and Norden nearly wrote) may not be the most likely point of re-awakening, but it was the start of my first post-lockdown walk, the first wind-in-the-face and sunburn-on-the-arms outing — plus, it must be said, unshaven-chin-rasping-inside-the-maskContinue reading “Back on track”
Reviewing the Coal Tax Circuit
I started thinking of the “HS2 effect” on the route, but realised that the only impact will be a possible wait for the temporary traffic lights to change on the road between Harefield and Denham. I took the opportunity to make minor modifications to the section breaks. However, having worked on a huge spreadsheet ofContinue reading “Reviewing the Coal Tax Circuit”
New year, new updates
2021 carries on where 2020 leaves off. There are changes and closures, and I am trying to reflect these (where I know of them) in the walk narratives. I am tweaking typography as well as topography (well, topographic description) to make both editing and reading a bit easier. First up, the London Summits Walk hasContinue reading “New year, new updates”
